Rail-chair plate



July 3, 1928.

J. E. M MULLEN RAIL CHAIR PLATE Filed Sept. 1927 INVENTOR. John EMc/"MA llgn.

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Patented July 3, 1928.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. MCMULLEN, OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.

RAIL-CHAIR PLATE.

Application filed September 9, 1927. Serial No. 218,498.

My invention relates to improvements in rail chair plate in which a plate with the customary flanges and size are employed;

and the objects of my improvement are,

first, to provide a suitable chair for rails fastened together with my improved rail joint for which Letters Patent were issued to me on the 8th day of July, 1924, No.

place on the same; F igr 5, is a cross sec tion of the rail, and an end elevation of the rail joint' and the chair; Figure 6 is a cross section through the rail showing the chair underneath a rail joint.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.-

The chair consists of a fiat plate having ribs running longitudinally and at a distance apart which is sufficient to receive the rail having the rail joint placed thereon.

One

portion of the said chair at one end is extended to. engage the shoulder of the rail plate j joining the ends of the rails. This extension portion extends beyond the tie and joins the enlarged portion of the rail plate j, thus holding the ties at proper distance from the end of the rail joint. This ex tension is placed only on one end of the chair as the chair is reversible.

' The chair has the ribs 1) and b" running throughout its length and at a distance apart just fitted to the outside of the rail joint. Spike holes 2' z" i and 2"" are provided in the chair through which pass spikes which may be driven into the tie t underneath to hold the rail and chair in place.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a railroad rail chair, a flat rail plate having longitudinal ribs running its entire length, an extension portion, a rail joint adapted to he used with said railroad chair plate, the said chair plate having holes in the said ribs adapted to receive side flanges upon the rail joint and spikes through the said holes adapted to spike and hold the side flanges on the said rail joints in place where the said holes pass through the said. ribs, the distance between the said ribs beingsufficient to receive the said rail plate.

JOHN E. MGMULLEN. 

